Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: South Island/New Zealand/Bluff Habor (1962, McKoy 1980)

Geographic Extent

North Island/New Zealand/Bay of Islands; Waitenmata, North Island/New Zealand/Hauraki Gulf; Tauranga, North Island/New Zealand/Bay of Plenty; Wellington, North Island/New Zealand/Cook Strait; Napier, North Island/New Zealand/Hawke Bay; Gisborne, North Island/New Zealand/Pacific Ocean; New Plymouth, North Island/New Zealand/North Taranaki Bight; Nelson, South Island/New Zealand/Cook Strait (Cranfield et al. 1998)